parvalbuminn.
/pɑːvˈalbjᵿmᵻn/, U.S. /ˌpɑrvælˈbjum(ə)n/ Biochemistry.
A calcium-binding muscle protein of low molecular weight found in some vertebrates. Formerly also: any of a homologous group of such proteins.
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1968 J. F. Pechère in Compar. Biochem. & Physiol. 24 294 Their constancy among the proteins considered is favourable to the presumption that they may have a common genic origin, and suggests that the myogen of lower vertebrates is thus a rich and convenient source of a new class of homologous proteins. The general name of parvalbumins is proposed here for these proteins.
1974 Nature 20 Dec. 646/1 The only muscle protein whose three-dimensional structure is known is a calcium binding protein from carp (CBP), often called parvalbumin.
1995 New Scientist 27 May 55/3 There is a heat stable class of protein (parvalbumins) that can be used to identify many species of fish.
2003 Jrnl. Neurophysiol. 89 1414 In the hippocampus, the calcium-binding protein parvalbumin (PV) is expressed in interneurons that innervate perisomatic regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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